Gift bag

ABSTRACT

A gift bag includes a bag body for receiving an article and a cover for covering an opening of the bag body. The bag body and the cover are provided with fixing member respectively to correspondingly buckle to each other. The outer surface of the cover is provided with a gripping member that allows a user to grip it to buckle/unbuckle the cover and the bag body.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a gift bag for receiving currencies andgifts, and in particular to a gift bag that is provided with fixingmembers and is also provided on a cover with an ornament (such as aChinese knot) to act as a griping member.

2. Description of Prior Art

In general, people will put some currencies in a red envelope and givethis red envelope to others in some festivals or joyous occasions inorder to express their congratulation, appreciation, consolation orcommendation. In prior art, the red envelope is merely formed of a pieceof red paper. The opening of the red envelope is sealed by means of acover that extends from the body of the envelope. The thus-formed coveris small in size and is generally sealed via glue. After the person whoreceives the red envelope has taken out the contents thereof, he/sheoften discards the red envelope because it is damaged. Further, theconventional red envelope is prone to get damaged, uneasy toseal/unseal, and low in capacity. Moreover, if the user intends to putsome articles other than the currencies into the red envelope for thegift, such a red envelope cannot contain the article properly and mayeven get damaged. On the other hand, the capacity of the red envelopemay be insufficient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the above drawbacks, the present invention is to provide agift bag that is capable of receiving currencies or gifts other thancurrencies without getting damaged. Further, it is easy to seal orunseal the gift bag of the present invention According to the presentinvention, a gift bag is provided, which includes a bag body adapted toreceive an article and provided with a fixing member, and a coverprovided with a corresponding fixing member to buckle to the fixingmember of the bag body. The outer surface of the cover is provided witha gripping member that allows a user to grip it to buckle/unbuckle thecover and the bag body.

The fixing member provided on the bag body and the corresponding memberprovided on the cover can be a male buckle or a female buckle, Velcrofasteners or magnets that are correspond to each other.

The gripping member provided on the cover may be an ornament such as aChinese knot, jade ornament or ancient coin.

The gift bag in accordance with the present invention is very firm andeasy to open or close.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the gift bag of an embodiment ofthe present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing that the gift bag of the embodimentof the present invention is in an open state.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Now, the gift bag in accordance with the embodiment of the presentinvention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the gift bag of an embodiment ofthe present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the gift bag 1 is providedwith a bag body 2 for receiving a gift and a cover 3 for covering anopening. The bag body 2 and the cover 3 can be made by means ofintegrally sewing and tailoring a piece of fabric (such as nylonfabric). Alternatively, it can be also made by means of integrallytailoring and folding a piece of cardboard or plastic.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cover 3 is provided with a fixing member such asa female buckle 5 a, and the bag body 2 is provided with a correspondingfixing member such as a male buckle 5 b. The male buckle 5 a provided onthe bag body 2 and the female buckle 5 a provided on the cover 3 can bebuckled to each other correspondingly so as to cover the opening firmly.Nevertheless, it is still easy to unbuckle these buckled fixing members.For simplicity, the fixing members provided on the bag body 2 and thecover 3 respectively are shown as a female buckle and a male bucklecorresponding to each other. However, Velcro fasteners or magnets can bealso used as the fixing members.

With reference to FIG. 1 again, the outer surface of the cover 3 can beprovided with a gripping member 4 by means of sewing or bonding anornament (such as a Chinese knot) thereon, so that it is convenient forthe user to grip the gripping member to buckle/unbuckle the cover 3 andthe bag body 2. Since the Chinese knot is made by means of braiding athin rope and thus has a certain degree of roughness, it is moresuitable to act as the gripping member 4 provided on the cover 3,thereby facilitating the user to grip it to carry out thebuckling/unbuckling action. Further, the Chinese knot provided on thecover has an effect of congratulation. Of course, the gripping member 4may be an ornament such as a jade ornament or ancient coin that isindicative of luck and congratulation. In other words, the grippingmember 4 (such as a Chinese knot) provided on the cover 3 not onlyfacilitates the user to buckle/unbuckle the gift bag 1 but also has aneffect of congratulation.

According to the gift bag of the embodiment of the present invention,articles other than the currencies can be contained therein. Further,the separate fixing members facilitate the user to carry out thebuckling and unbuckling of the gift bag. Moreover, the gripping memberis provided to facilitate the buckling and unbuckling of the fixingmembers and also has an effect of congratulation.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to theforegoing preferred embodiment, it will be understood that the inventionis not limited to the details thereof. Various equivalent variations andmodifications can still occur to those skilled in this art in view ofthe teachings of the present invention. Thus, all such variations andequivalent modifications are also embraced within the scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

1. A gift bag, comprising: a bag body adapted to receive an article andprovided with a fixing member; and a cover provided with a correspondingfixing member to buckle to the fixing member of the bag body, whereinthe outer surface of the cover is provided with a gripping member toallow a user to grip it to buckle/unbuckle the cover and the bag body.2. The gift bag according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member providedon the bag body is a male buckle, and the corresponding fixing memberprovided on the cover is a female buckle.
 3. The gift bag according toclaim 1, wherein the fixing member provided on the bag body is a femalebuckle, and the corresponding fixing member provided on the cover is amale buckle.
 4. The gift bag according to claim 1, wherein the fixingmember provided on the bag body and the corresponding fixing memberprovided on the cover are Velcro fasteners.
 5. The gift bag according toclaim 1, wherein the fixing member provided on the bag body and thecorresponding fixing member provided on the cover are magnetscorresponding to each other.
 6. The gift bag according to claim 1,wherein the gripping member is selected from a group consisting of aChinese knot, jade ornament ancient coin or the combination thereof.